Report provided to all applicants asking that any factual errors must be notified to NICNAS within 28 days.

NICNAS then has 28 days to correct the errors.

Variation of draft report

Only you (applicant) can ask for a draft report to be varied.

No separate variation phase. It is combined with the correction phase.

Following the correction phase, the draft assessment report is provided to you and other applicants and persons who provided information for the assessment.

A Chemical Gazette notice is published, inviting others to obtain a copy of the report and request variations.

NICNAS must receive variation requests within 28 days and respond to them within 56 days.

NICNAS must provide variation decisions to all applicants and persons requesting variations. Other parties may also request this information.

Anyone can lodge appeal within 28 days.

Public comment

The public can comment after the final report is published, but must request variations within 28 days of the publication date.

You may also request further variation at this time.

Public comment on draft reports (discussed under 'Variation of draft report' immediately above).

Publication of final report

Published 28 days after the final report is first provided to the applicant, unless other variation requests are outstanding.

Report may be published after the last date for submitting variation requests if none are received. Otherwise, unless an appeal against a variation decision is made, publication occurs 56 days after the last date for submitting variation requests.